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Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
