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Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
 Breaking his oath and resolution, like
 A twist of rotten silk.  
 Breaking his oath and resolution, like
 A twist of rotten silk. 
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
 There is no disputing about taste.
 [Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]  
 There is no disputing about taste.
 [Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.] 
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.