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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

by Alexander Pope Found in: General Sayings,
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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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