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No love is foule, nor prison fair.

No love is foule, nor prison fair.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

by Mrs. Manley Found in: General Sayings,
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