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No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
