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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.