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    It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
    those who are well to do.

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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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Make hay while the sun shines.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.

And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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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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The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more

The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.

No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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