But ne'ertheless reflect, the little mouse, how sage a brute it is! Who never trusts its safety to one hole : for when it finds one entrance is block'd up, it has secure some other outlet. (Plautus)

But ne'ertheless reflect, the little mouse, how sage a brute it is! Who never trusts its safety to one hole : for when it finds one entrance is block'd up, it has secure some other outlet.

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