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Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
