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Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

by Thomas Carlyle 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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So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Cities seldome change Religion only.

Cities seldome change Religion only.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

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Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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