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They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.