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    Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
    Drink with me and drink as I!
    Freely welcome to my cup,
    Could'st thou sip and sip it up;
    Make the most of life you may;
    Life is short and wears away.

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We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.

We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Flies Quotes,
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We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Flies Quotes,
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A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."

A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Flies Quotes,
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To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]

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The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

by John Gay Found in: Flies Quotes,
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Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
How he read more

Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
How he crawls
Up the walls
Yet he never falls.

by Theodore Tilton Found in: Flies Quotes,
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It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a read more

It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise!

by Francis Bacon Found in: Flies Quotes,
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I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

by Robert Herrick Found in: Flies Quotes,
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