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Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
