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Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.