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I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
