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A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
