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Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
