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A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

by Old Song Found in: General Sayings,
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He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

by Sir Roger L'estrange Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

by Sir Roger L'estrange Found in: General Sayings,
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Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The face, not the woman is the attraction.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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