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    One to destroy is murder by the law,
    And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
    To murder thousands takes a specious name,
    War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.

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Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.

Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.

by Thomas Hood Found in: General Sayings,
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Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,

Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,

by Clement Walker Found in: General Sayings,
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For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

by Aaron Hill Found in: General Sayings,
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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings, Visions Sayings,
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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