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Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
