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Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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.]
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
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!]
