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For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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Do what you should, not what you may.

Do what you should, not what you may.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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