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    Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
    Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
    Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
    And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

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Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.

As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.

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Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A hatt is not made for one shower.

A hatt is not made for one shower.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

by Alexander Pope Found in: General Sayings,
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Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

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For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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