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

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

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

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The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

by Epictetus Found in: General Sayings,
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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