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    As the sweet voice of a bird,
    Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
    Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
    That sings so delicately clear, and make
    Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

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Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

by Bible Found in: Anger Sayings, General Sayings,
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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: General Sayings,
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A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]

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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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To err is human.

To err is human.

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Advise none to marry or goe to warre.

Advise none to marry or goe to warre.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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