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Book of Wise Sayings

by W. A. Clouston

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164

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

Cervantes.

165

Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.

Theophrastus.

166

It is an old observation that wise men grow usually wiser as they grow older, and fools more foolish.

Wieland.

167

Use law and physic only for necessity. They that use them otherwise abuse themselves into weak bodies and light purses. They are good remedies, bad businesses, and worse recreations.

Quarles.

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