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He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
