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We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
