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Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
