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Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.