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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
