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Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.