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What's Verse |
Giving see also GRATITUDE and STINGINESS & SHARING. |
The old Man has given all to his Son: Oh fool! To undress thy self before going to bed. [1733] | Give like Lear?
Crowned with sneer. |
Liberality is not giving much but giving wisely. [1748] | You donate?
Watch which plate. |
Gifts much expected are paid, not given. [1753] | Giftlist obeyed?
Given - or paid? |
Gossip & Reputation see also BRAGGING & DISCRETION and SATIRE. |
There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. [1734] | Spotless lives!
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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. [1736] | Absent accused,
Present excused. |
Do not do that which you
would not have known. [1736] | Before getting sordid,
Pretend it's recorded. |
Since I cannot govern my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others? [1738] | “Don’t you let slide
What I can’t hide.” |
Hear no ill of a Friend,
nor speak any of an Enemy.
[1739] | Don't smear
My ear. |
It is wise not to seek a Secret, and Honest not to reveal it. [1747] | Secrets you’ve spied …
File “Classified”! |
Glass, China, and Reputa-
tion, are easily crack'd,
and never well mended. [1750] | Gossip's nasty crack --
Who can glue it back? |
An ill Wound, but not an ill Name, may be healed. [1753] | Your name skewered?
Can't be cured. |
Gratitude see also GIVING, SERENITY & DISCONTENT and UNDERRATING & OVERRATING. |
What's given shines, What's receiv'd is rusty. [1735] | Santa's fir tree?
Just needles me. |
Most People return small
Favours, acknowledge
middling ones, and repay
great ones with Ingratitude.
[1751] | Give with great latitude?
Freeze from ingratitude. |
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