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When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

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He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

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Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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