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Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
