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Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
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.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
