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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
