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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
