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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
