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There is nothing reeable

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Every man, however wise, sometimes requires the advice of a friend in the affairs of life

--_Plautus_

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He who gives advice to a self-conceited man, stands himself in need of counsel

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Pouring water on a duck's back (Fruitless counsel or advice)

--_Chinese_

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Most people, when they cothened, not corrected

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CLERICAL AFFECTATION

In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation 'Tis ust

What! Will a e A silly fond conceit of his fair form And just proportion, fashi+onable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God?

Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before ry for the bread of life?

He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and sha his own beauty, starves his flock

--_Cowper_

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_The Cure of Affectation_--Is to follow nature If every one would do this, affectation would be almost unknown

--_J Beaumont_

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