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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]