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He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
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.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
