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Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
