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    The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
    crinoline and chignon.]

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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: General Sayings,
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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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It is not permitted that we should know everything.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

The mob will now and then see things in a right light.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

by John Heywood Found in: General Sayings,
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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