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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
