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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
