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    The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
    pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
    dissatisfied with our own.]

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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.

The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.

by Henry Carey Found in: General Sayings,
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