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The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
