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    Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
    He would have written sonnets all his life?

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.

He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

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The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.

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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.

But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.

by John Milton Found in: General Sayings,
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