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Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
