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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.