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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
