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    The present century was growing blind
    To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
    Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

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Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

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What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

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But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
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But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

by Henry Porter Found in: General Sayings,
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