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    I would have thee gone,
    And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
    Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
    Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
    And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

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Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.

Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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