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Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
