Unlike my subject now shall be my song It shall be witty, and it shant be long.
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Let the great book of the world be your principle study.
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I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, who used to say, 'Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.' of W. Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury in the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George the Third.
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Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought but it will always be known.
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Idleness is the holiday of fools.
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Patience is a most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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