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    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
    of thy sleep?
    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
    hands to sleep:
    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
    and thy want as an armed man.

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What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

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Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

by Matthew Prior Found in: General Sayings,
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Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

by John Clarke Found in: General Sayings,
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An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

by Samuel Butler 1 Found in: General Sayings,
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