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    Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
    With a very natural loathing--
    Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
    From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
    To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
    Instead of the dance upon nothing.

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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
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Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Vertue never growes old.

Vertue never growes old.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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As is the mother, so is her daughter.

As is the mother, so is her daughter.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

by Thomas Moore Found in: General Sayings,
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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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