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You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.