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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
