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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
