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    The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
    Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

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The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

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To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.

The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.

Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

by William Cowper Found in: General Sayings,
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Pardon all but thy selfe.

Pardon all but thy selfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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