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QUATRAINS.
"SUUM CUIQUE."
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?
Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill.
HUSH!
Every thought is public;
Every nook is wide;
Thy gossips spread each whisper,
And the gods from side to side.
ORATOR.
He who has no hands
Perforce must use his tongue;
Foxes are so cunning
Because they are not strong.
