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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
