ame."

"Many prayers for him are uttered whereon many a life relies;
'Tis but one poor fool the fewer when the greedy jack-daw dies."

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"Give thy Dog the merest mouthful, and he crouches at thy feet,
Wags his tail, and fawns, and grovels, in his eagerness to eat;
Bid the Elephant be feeding, and the best of fodder bring;
Gravely--after much entreaty--condescends that mighty king."

* * * * *

"By their own deeds men go downward, by them men mount upward all,
Like the diggers of a well, and like the builders of a wall."

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"Rushes down the hill the crag, which upward 'twas so hard to roll:
So to virtue slowly rises--so to vice quick sinks the soul."

"Who speaks unasked, or comes unbid,
Or counts on service--will be chid."

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"Wise, modest, constant, ever close at hand,
Not weighing but obeying all command,
Such servant by a Monarch's throne may stand."

* * * * *

"Pitiful, who fearing failure, therefore no beginning makes,
Why forswear a daily dinner for the chance of stomach-aches?"

* * * * *

"Nearest to the King is dearest, be thy merit low or high;
Women, creeping plants, and princes, twine round that which groweth
nigh."

* * * * *

"Pearls are dull in leaden settings, but the setter is to blame;
Glass will glitter like the ruby, dulled with dust--are they the same?"

"And a fool may tread on jewels, setting in his turban glass;
Yet, at selling, gems are gems, and fardels but for fardels pass."

* * * * *

"Horse and weapon, lute and volume, man and woman, gift of speech,
Have their uselessness or uses in the one who owneth each."

* * * * *

"Not disparagement nor slander kills the spirit of the brave;
Fling a torch down, upward ever burns the brilliant flame it gave."

* * * * *

"Wisdom from the mouth of children be it overpast of none;
What man scorns to walk by lamplight in the absence of the sun?"

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"Strength serves Reason. Saith the Mahout, when he b