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    There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
    Of pleasure unembitter'd;
    And not a trapping deck'd my power,
    That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

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He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.

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What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]

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Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

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I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'

I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'

by William Shakespeare 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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Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

by Sir John Berkenhead Found in: General Sayings,
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