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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.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.