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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
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.