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... Rule of Success .. 230 Sloth 246 Rules of Life .. 230 Small Things .. 246 Small Talk 247 S Smile , A 247 Sneezing 248 Sadness 232 Snow - Drop 249 ... PAGE PAGE Virtue 287 Wit ...... 305 Virtue 290 xiv INDEX TO SUBJECTS .
... Rule of Success .. 230 Sloth 246 Rules of Life .. 230 Small Things .. 246 Small Talk 247 S Smile , A 247 Sneezing 248 Sadness 232 Snow - Drop 249 ... PAGE PAGE Virtue 287 Wit ...... 305 Virtue 290 xiv INDEX TO SUBJECTS .
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... things are necessary - nature , study , practice . -- Some have abundant faculties , but want the command- ing and combining intellect to reduce them to use and order : many hands and no action ; all eyes and no sight.— Shakespere ...
... things are necessary - nature , study , practice . -- Some have abundant faculties , but want the command- ing and combining intellect to reduce them to use and order : many hands and no action ; all eyes and no sight.— Shakespere ...
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... thing . - Shakespere . Advice . Be and continue poor , young man , while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty ; be without place or power , while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes , while ...
... thing . - Shakespere . Advice . Be and continue poor , young man , while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty ; be without place or power , while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes , while ...
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... things observe with , care ; Of whom you speak - to whom you speak— And how - and when - and where . Advice to a Reckless Youth . What would I have you do ? I'll tell you , kinsman ; Learn to be wise , and practise how to thrive ; That ...
... things observe with , care ; Of whom you speak - to whom you speak— And how - and when - and where . Advice to a Reckless Youth . What would I have you do ? I'll tell you , kinsman ; Learn to be wise , and practise how to thrive ; That ...
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... thing , A pumpkin huge and round , Is held but by a slender string , Which upward cannot make it spring , Or raise it from the ground ; " While on yon tree a fruit so small , So disproportioned grows , That whosoe'er surveys this all ...
... thing , A pumpkin huge and round , Is held but by a slender string , Which upward cannot make it spring , Or raise it from the ground ; " While on yon tree a fruit so small , So disproportioned grows , That whosoe'er surveys this all ...
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