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    One to destroy is murder by the law,
    And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
    To murder thousands takes a specious name,
    War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.

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Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

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Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.

When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Gaming gains a loss.

Gaming gains a loss.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

by German Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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Bear with evil, and expect good.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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