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Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
