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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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I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Demons in act, but gods at least in face.

Demons in act, but gods at least in face.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more

Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: General Sayings,
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

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(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: General Sayings,
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