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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
