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    The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
    our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
    our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
    virtues.

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Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]

Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

by David Tuvill Found in: General Sayings,
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A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

by Ben Jonson Found in: General Sayings,
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The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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