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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
