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    Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
    And it stings you for your pains;
    Grasp it like a man of mettle,
    And it soft as silk remains.
    'Tis the same with common natures,
    Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
    But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
    And the rogues obey you well.

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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

by Sir Roger L'estrange Found in: General Sayings,
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Of such importance is early training.

Of such importance is early training.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

by William Congreve Found in: General Sayings,
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Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

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With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A little and good fills the trencher.

A little and good fills the trencher.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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