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A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
