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    Will fortune never come with both hands full,
    But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
    She either gives a stomach and no food--
    Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
    And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
    That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

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Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.

He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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