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The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
