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The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
