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Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
