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It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
