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    The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
    pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
    dissatisfied with our own.]

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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.

Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.

by William Congreve Found in: General Sayings,
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We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.

The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]

After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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No love to a Fathers.

No love to a Fathers.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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