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    There is a tide in the affairs of men,
    Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
    Omitted, all the voyage of their life
    Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

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He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Never less alone, than when alone.

Never less alone, than when alone.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.

It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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