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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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Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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He can afford to be a fool.

He can afford to be a fool.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Weight justly and sell dearely.

Weight justly and sell dearely.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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