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Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
