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Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.