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The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
 What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin 
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more 
 What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin 
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail. 
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
 It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can 
be successful without being envied read more 
 It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can 
be successful without being envied and hated.] 
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.