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Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
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.]