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A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
