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 | ""Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not
gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of
Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by
the snakes." | |
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Found in the topic Devil.
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| "For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one
died." | |
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Found in the topic Death.
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| "Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man;
to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume
much, and be worth little." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Be slow of tongue and quick of eye." | |
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Found in the topic Cause.
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| "All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only
pleases the sight, But does not captivate the affections." | |
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Found in the topic Beauty.
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| "Where one door shuts another opens." | |
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Found in the topic Opportunity.
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| "Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." | |
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Found in the topic Prepare.
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| "Honesty"s the best policy." | |
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Found in the topic Honest.
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| "Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy
shines with even more brilliancy than justice." | |
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Found in the topic God.
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| "In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly
what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn
it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is
the most difficult lesson in the world." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "He who sings frightens away his ills." | |
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Found in the topic Sing.
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| "By the street of by and by, one arrives at the house of
never." | |
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Found in the topic Delay.
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| "Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above
falsehood, as oil does above water." | |
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Found in the topic False.
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| "The road is always better than the Inn." | |
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Found in the topic Finish.
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| "Absence ? that common cure of love." | |
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Found in the topic Absent.
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| "Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor
observes a promise." | |
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Found in the topic Alcohol.
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| "I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion." | |
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Found in the topic Solitude.
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| "There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are
all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all
sciences." | |
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Found in the topic Proverb.
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| "Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched." | |
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Found in the topic Cat.
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| "Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often
to ruin it." | |
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Found in the topic Danger.
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