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The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
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.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.