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    Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
    mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
    your fretted roofs.

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Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

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He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The chiefe boxe of health is time.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

by Edmund Spenser Found in: General Sayings,
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Marriages are made in Heaven.

Marriages are made in Heaven.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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