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| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. |
| T. Hughes |
| Covetousness, like jealousy, when it has once taken root, never leaves a man but with his life. | 1 |
| Gaming finds a man a cully and leaves him a knave. | 2 |
| Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward, and merit without modesty insolent; but modest merit has a double claim to acceptance. | 3 |
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