Part 39 (1/2)

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All erous and inconvenient, where the contractors are not equal

--_Estrange_

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Equivocation is first cousin to a lie

--_From the French_

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What has been done amiss should be undone as quickly as possible

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Beware of errors of the mouth

--_Hindu_

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The ood hits

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_Etiquette_--Good taste rejects excessive nicety; it treats little things as little things, and is not hurt by them

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Certain signs precede certain events

--_Cicero_

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AVOIDING THE SUGGESTION OF EVIL

Sir Peter Lelyfound by experience that whenever he did so, his pencil took a tint from it Bishop Home said of the above: ”Apply this to bad books and bad company”

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