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    The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
    our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
    our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
    virtues.

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God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]

God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]

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Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

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In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

by Edmund Spenser Found in: General Sayings,
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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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No one delights more in revenge than a woman.

No one delights more in revenge than a woman.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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