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    No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
    semblance of courtesy.

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He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.

A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

by Thomas Fuller Found in: General Sayings,
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The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

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The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).

The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).

by George Herbert 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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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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