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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.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
