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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
