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    Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
    Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
    And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
    Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.

No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.

As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

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The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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