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    But he who stems a stream with sand,
    And fetters flame with flaxen band,
    Has yet a harder task to prove--
    By firm resolve to conquer love!

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In the end truth will out.

In the end truth will out.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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If music be the food of love, play on.

If music be the food of love, play on.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

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All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

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A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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