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How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
