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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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Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

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Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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Seeming genial, venial fault.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

by Quintus Ennius Found in: General Sayings,
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Good workemen are seldome rich.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.

Hidden evils are most dreaded.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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