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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
