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    In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
    to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

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The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

by Aaron Hill Found in: General Sayings,
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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

by Charles Macklin Found in: General Sayings,
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.

One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.

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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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