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The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.