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    He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
    accommodates his views to public opinion.]

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No time like the present.

No time like the present.

by Mrs. Manley Found in: General Sayings,
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Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

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He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Warre is deaths feast.

Warre is deaths feast.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.

Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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