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    Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
    And it stings you for your pains;
    Grasp it like a man of mettle,
    And it soft as silk remains.
    'Tis the same with common natures,
    Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
    But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
    And the rogues obey you well.

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Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

by Unknown Found in: Paris Sayings, General Sayings,
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Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.

Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more

She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

by Alexander Pope Found in: General Sayings,
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Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.

Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

by William Shakespeare 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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Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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