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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits read more
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
