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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
