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Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.