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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
