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    How calm, how beautiful comes on
    The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
    When warring winds have died away,
    And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
    Melt off, and leave the land and sea
    Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

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Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: General Sayings,
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With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

by German Proverb Found in: General Sayings,
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If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]

A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He is praised by some, blamed by others.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The abuse of cabmen in a block.

The abuse of cabmen in a block.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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