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Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
