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You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]