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In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]