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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.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
