"Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out."
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"There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it."
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"Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie."
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"Words are women, deeds are men."
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"Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him."
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"Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky."
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"The God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed: While he is mine, and I am his, What can I want or need?"
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"Who says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair?"
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"He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas."
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"Sum up at night what thou hast done by day."
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"Pleasing ware is half sold."
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"Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all."
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"One enemy is too much."
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"Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee."
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"The market is the best garden."
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"A bad workman quarrels with his tools."
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"Learn weeping, and thou shalt laugh gaining."
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"Lend only what you can afford to lose."
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"God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arm."
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"Advise none to marry or go to war."
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