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Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He is not poor who has a competency.

He is not poor who has a competency.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: General Sayings,
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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

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Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more

Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

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A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

by John Dryden Found in: General Sayings,
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I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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