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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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It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more

It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more

Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

by Aristotle Found in: General Sayings,
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Who could be happy and alone or good?

Who could be happy and alone or good?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Money makes the man.

Money makes the man.

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The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.

As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

by Robert Pollok Found in: General Sayings,
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