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    Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
    are punished and the wicked escape.]

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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson 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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So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: General Sayings,
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Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
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Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

by Laertius Diogenes Found in: General Sayings,
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Our content
Is our best having.

Our content
Is our best having.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

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Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.

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