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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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Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

by Lord Edward Coke Found in: General Sayings,
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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

by John Bunyan Found in: General Sayings,
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.

by Sir Roger L'estrange Found in: General Sayings,
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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

by Thales Of Miletus Found in: General Sayings,
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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