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    To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
    a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]

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Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

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The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A man's destiny is alwayes dark.

A man's destiny is alwayes dark.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.

by Aaron Hill Found in: General Sayings,
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Warre is deaths feast.

Warre is deaths feast.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

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