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When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
