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Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
 Know how sublime a thing it is
 To suffer and be strong.  
 Know how sublime a thing it is
 To suffer and be strong. 
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
 Beware
 Of entrance to a quarrel.  
 Beware
 Of entrance to a quarrel. 
 It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it 
is useless.  
 It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it 
is useless.