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Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]