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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
