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    What is harder than stone?
    What more soft than water?
    Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

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One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.

You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.

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The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

by Unattributed Author Found in: General Sayings,
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A novice always behaves with propriety.

A novice always behaves with propriety.

by Mrs. Manley Found in: General Sayings,
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That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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