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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
