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In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
