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    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
    of thy sleep?
    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
    hands to sleep:
    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
    and thy want as an armed man.

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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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What's done cannot be undone.

What's done cannot be undone.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

by Ben Jonson Found in: General Sayings,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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