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    A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
    With no pore piety than other people--
    A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
    Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

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Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

by Robert Burton Found in: General Sayings,
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It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Go West, young man! Go West.

Go West, young man! Go West.

by John L.b. Soule Found in: General Sayings,
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