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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
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.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.