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To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
