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    As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
    With proverbs thus each other entertain;
    "In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
    "Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
    "Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
    "As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
    "Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
    "A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
    "Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
    "Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
    Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
    "Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
    And having thus awhile each other thwarted
    Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

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O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

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No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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We have to thank God for this retirement.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

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Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

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Better buy than borrow.

Better buy than borrow.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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