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To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!