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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
