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A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that 's never read,- To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead. This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

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  1. And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There 's a lean fellow beats all conquerors.
  2. To add to golden numbers golden numbers.
  3. Honest labour bears a lovely face.
  4. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman tha…
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  6. This principle is old, but true as fate,- Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.
  7. We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
  8. Turn over a new leaf.

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