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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
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.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
