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    Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
    To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
    See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
    Which rank corruption destines for their heart!

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He clasps the crag with hooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the read more

He clasps the crag with hooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls:
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Eagles Quotes,
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Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A little and good fills the trencher.

A little and good fills the trencher.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A pittifull looke askes enough.

A pittifull looke askes enough.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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