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    Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
    (That last infirmity of noble mind)
    To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
    But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
    And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
    Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
    And slits the thin-spun life.

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It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more

It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A man should be religious, not superstitious.

A man should be religious, not superstitious.

by John Gay Found in: General Sayings,
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An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Much matter decocted into few words.

Much matter decocted into few words.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: General Sayings,
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They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

by Saint Jerome Found in: General Sayings,
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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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