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    Behold him in conceited circles sail,
    Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
    In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
    He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

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Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the read more

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.

by Samuel Rogers Found in: General Sayings,
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Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

by Charles Churchill Found in: General Sayings,
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For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more

As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A fair face may make a foul bargain.

A fair face may make a foul bargain.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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