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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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Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

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There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

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Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

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Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: General Sayings,
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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.

Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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