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    The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
    horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
    eagles produce a peaceful dove.
    [Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
    Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
    Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
    Progenerant aquilae columbam.]

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It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

by William Shakespeare 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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Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

by Latvian Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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