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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
