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There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
