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The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
