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Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]