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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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[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The whole family is packed into one trap.

The whole family is packed into one trap.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

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Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.

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Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

by William Watson 1 Found in: General Sayings,
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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

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