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'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
We are fooles one to another.
We are fooles one to another.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
