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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
