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The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
