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Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
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.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
