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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
