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    The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
    sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
    of defence.

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Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

by Epictetus Found in: General Sayings,
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He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more

Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.

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She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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He that is at ease seekes dainties.

He that is at ease seekes dainties.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]

He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Ty it well, and let it goe.

Ty it well, and let it goe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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All the Armes of England will not arme feare.

All the Armes of England will not arme feare.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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