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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
