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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
