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With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.