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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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The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more

He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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