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    There is a tide in the affairs of men,
    Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
    Omitted, all the voyage of their life
    Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Yeeres know more then bookes.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

by American Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

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