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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
