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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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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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The eye will have his part.

The eye will have his part.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

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Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

by Laertius Diogenes Found in: General Sayings,
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