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Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy when great ones are not in the way. For want of a block he will stumble at a straw.



Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.



Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.



May you live all the days of your life.



Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.



Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off



This is every cook's opinion -no savory dish without an onion,but lest your kissing should be spoiled your onions must be fully boiled.



Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem



Observation is an old man's memory.



This wine should be eaten, for it is much too good to be drunk



Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.



Don't set your wit against a child.



For the rest, Whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the difference is that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.



Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit.



There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.








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