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Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.