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I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
