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There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
