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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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There is no body will go to hell for company.

There is no body will go to hell for company.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.

by Thomas Hughes Found in: General Sayings,
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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

by Kikuyu Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.

Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: General Sayings,
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Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.

He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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