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    It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
    the exciting influence of the grape.

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We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.

We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.

by William Cowper Found in: General Sayings,
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The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

by Horace Greeley Found in: General Sayings,
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They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

by Unattributed Author Found in: General Sayings,
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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.

It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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