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    She never told her love,
    But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
    Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
    And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
    She sat like Patience on a monument,
    Smiling at grief.

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Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

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A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

by Mrs. Manley Found in: General Sayings,
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Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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