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Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
