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A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
