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    To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
    nature of their troubles.

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There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]

There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]

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Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more

A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

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To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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All feete tread not in one shoe.

All feete tread not in one shoe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.

Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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