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    In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
    to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

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Every man makes a god of his own desire.

Every man makes a god of his own desire.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.

He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.

He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

by Laertius Diogenes Found in: General Sayings,
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Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: General Sayings,
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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