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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Dependence

Dependence is a poor trade.

Disdain the bitter bread of dependence.C. C. Baldwin’s Moral Maxims.

He who depends on another dines ill and sups worse.

He who is fed by another’s hand seldom gets enough.Danish.

He who relies but on another’s table is apt to dine late.Italian.

Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.Italian.