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• He spent his last shilling on a purse.
• Nine pence in the shilling.
• An ounce of butter is worth a shilling of trombones.
• The man who tips a shilling every time he stops for petrol is giving away annually the cost of lubricating his car.
  -- J. Paul Getty...
• With one hand he put A penny in the urn of poverty, And with the other took a shilling out.
  -- Robert Pollok (1799-1827) -- The Course of Time, Book viii, Line 632...
• A lawyer named Strange was shopping for a tombstone.
  After he had made his selection, the stonecutter asked him what inscription he would like on it....
• The only thing that will shame an attorney is poverty.
• What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings.
  Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his copper and pocket a shilling....
• A doctor can always bury his mistakes... An architect can only advise his client to plant ivy.
  -- attributed to Frank Lloyd Wrigh...