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Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.