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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.