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Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
