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    The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
    (Earth has no unpolluted spring)
    From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
    So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.

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I am sure care's an enemy to life.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: General Sayings,
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Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

by Robert Burton Found in: General Sayings,
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Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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The scalded head feares cold water.

The scalded head feares cold water.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Of a new Prince, new bondage.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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