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The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.