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A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
