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    The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
    contemplate my treasures in their hoard.

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Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.

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It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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