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    This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
    And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
    With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
    Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.

When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

by Motto Found in: General Sayings, Unity Sayings,
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If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.

If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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