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.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

Every path hath a puddle.

Every path hath a puddle.

The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

He talks nonsense.

He talks nonsense.