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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?

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In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A countenance inconceivably forbidding.

A countenance inconceivably forbidding.

by Ben Jonson Found in: General Sayings,
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