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 Mutually giving and receiving aid,
 They set each other off, like light and shade.  
 Mutually giving and receiving aid,
 They set each other off, like light and shade. 
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
 Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, 
perfidious man.]  
 Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, 
perfidious man.] 
Of such importance is early training.
Of such importance is early training.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
 Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
 For villany is not without such rheum.  
 Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
 For villany is not without such rheum. 
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.