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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
