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Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
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.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
