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Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
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.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
