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'A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.'

'Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.'

'He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master'

'He threatens many that hath injured one'

'Talking is the disease of age.'

'True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.'

Born in Westminster, London
Died in London
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I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy - George Bernard Shaw
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