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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]