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United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
