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A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.