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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

by John Taylor "the Water Poet" Found in General Sayings,

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Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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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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Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,

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Man is to man a god or a wolf.

Man is to man a god or a wolf.

by Epictetus Found in: General Sayings,

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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,

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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus) Found in: Obscurity Sayings, General Sayings,

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Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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All our pompe the earth covers.

All our pompe the earth covers.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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