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I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

by Unattributed Author Found in General Sayings,

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The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.

by William Watson 1 Found in: General Sayings,

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None is borne Master.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,

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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,

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No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso) Found in: General Sayings,

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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

by Epictetus Found in: Goodness Sayings, General Sayings,

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You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.