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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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He that lives most dies most.

He that lives most dies most.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more

A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

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What! upon compulsion? No!

What! upon compulsion? No!

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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