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He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
