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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
