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The blind eate many a flie.
The blind eate many a flie.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
