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A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
