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Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
