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The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.