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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
