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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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Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.

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I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.

When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The honied tongue hath its poison.

The honied tongue hath its poison.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

by John Clarke Found in: General Sayings,
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