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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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The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those read more

The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

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What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

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We have to thank God for this retirement.

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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,

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Thinke of ease, but worke on.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,

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