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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
