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We know this to be all nonsense.

We know this to be all nonsense.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

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Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

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Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

by Robert Burton Found in: General Sayings,
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When you have set yourself a task finish it.

When you have set yourself a task finish it.

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So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: General Sayings,
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