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Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
