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    The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
    retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

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Good cheape is deare.

Good cheape is deare.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."

by Algernon Sidney Found in: General Sayings,
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A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.

Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

by Decimus Laberius Found in: General Sayings,
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Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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