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    I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
    Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
    The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
    The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
    confessed.
    Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
    "Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
    Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
    And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
    Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
    Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

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Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

by Ben Jonson Found in: General Sayings,
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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings, Wisdom Sayings,
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The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep read more

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep up Christmas merry still.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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