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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
