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The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
