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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.