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Make three bites of a cherry.

Make three bites of a cherry.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: General Sayings,
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

by Alexander Pope Found in: General Sayings,
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To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

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Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

by Thales Of Miletus Found in: General Sayings,
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He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.

What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.

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But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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