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A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
