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The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
