The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.

Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.

Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.

The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.