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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
