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    How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
    signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of
    despising glory.

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Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

by Thomas Fuller Found in: General Sayings,
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Marriages are made in Heaven.

Marriages are made in Heaven.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: General Sayings,
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All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more

It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.

No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more

Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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