The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.Samuel Butler
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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There are two classes of people in this world, those who sin, and those who are sinned against if a man must belong to either, he had better belong to the first than to the second.
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To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd, And count their chickens ere they 're hatch'd.
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For those that fly, may fight again, which he can never do that's slain.
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With books and money plac'd for show Like nest-eggs to make clients lay, And for his false opinion pay.
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