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    Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
    And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
    Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
    Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
    Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
    A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

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He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

by William Cowper Found in: General Sayings,
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He that hath little is the lesse durtie.

He that hath little is the lesse durtie.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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What's done cannot be undone.

What's done cannot be undone.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.

Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A faire death honours the whole life.

A faire death honours the whole life.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Every ill man hath his ill day.

Every ill man hath his ill day.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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