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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
