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Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
