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    One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
    an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

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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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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

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Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

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