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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.]
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.