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Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
