It is always covered with fat, and soon surfeits one.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
Ever the intermingling of the people Has been the source of malady in cities, As in the body food it surfeits on; And a blind bull more headlong plunges down Than a blind lamb; and very often cuts Better and more a single sword than five.
"Divine-Comedy-Longfellow-s-Translation-Complete"
Dante Alighieri
I see that plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall; I see that such as are aloft, Mishap doth threaten most of all.
"Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age"
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