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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
