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Thus fools contrariously do all; They chatter when they should be dumb, And, when they ought to speak, are mum.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

I this infer,   That many things, having full reference   To one consent, may work contrariously.

From It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration by Morris, Joseph

I this infer, That many things, having full reference To one consent, may work contrariously.

From King Henry V by Shakespeare, William