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Make three bites of a cherry.

Make three bites of a cherry.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: General Sayings,
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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]

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I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.

If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

by Bible Found in: Mammon Sayings, General Sayings,
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The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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