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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
