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    Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
    eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
    abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

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It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

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A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.

A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.

by Thomas Hood Found in: General Sayings,
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There's always a shot in the locker.

There's always a shot in the locker.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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