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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
