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How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.

How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more

The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]

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As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.

A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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