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Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
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.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
