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    The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
    And proves by thumps upon your back
    How he esteems your merit,
    Is such a friend, that one had need
    Be very much his friend indeed
    To pardon or to bear it.

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To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

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It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.

Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.

There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.

In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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