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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

by Italian Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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Do not expect good from another's death.

Do not expect good from another's death.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

by Alexander Pope Found in: General Sayings,
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Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.

Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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A man of three letters, " F U R."

A man of three letters, " F U R."

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You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: General Sayings,
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