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    Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
    And thus the native hue of resolution
    Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
    And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
    With this regard their currents turn awry,
    And lose the name of action.

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I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

by Found in: Circumstance Sayings, General Sayings,
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The command of custome is great.

The command of custome is great.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Every day brings his bread with it.

Every day brings his bread with it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.

It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

by Laurence Sterne Found in: General Sayings,
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The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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