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    Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
    And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
    Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
    Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
    Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
    A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

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Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.

Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.

When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.

Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.

Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.

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That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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