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Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest; Spend less than thou ownest.
From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver
“Did it go to meet its ownest own?”
From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol
His State line, his "ownest own," as has been said, very much delighted the Maharaja who, in one or two points, is not unlike Sir Theodore Hope of sainted memory.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
Without doubt, O son, high and great benefits will be reaped by thee who ownest that foremost of all persons, viz.,
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
“Nursie,” said Sibyl, two months after the events related in the last chapter, “mother says that when my ownest father comes back again we’ll be very rich.”
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
