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Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
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.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
