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    Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
    elevation by way of a joke.

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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.

Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

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In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

by Francis Bacon Found in: General Sayings,
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