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    Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
    ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
    done, but I would fain die a dry death.

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Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

by Laertius Diogenes Found in: General Sayings,
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

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So many men in Court and so many strangers.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

by Ben Jonson Found in: General Sayings,
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The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

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Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.

Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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