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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
