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The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
