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The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
