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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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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.

He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.

Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Every man can master a grief but he that has it.

Every man can master a grief but he that has it.

by William Shakespeare 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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Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?

Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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