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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
