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He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]

The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He makes no friend who never made a foe.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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