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491.
First worship God he that forgets to pray
First Line:
First worship God he that forgets to pray
Last Line:
I rather count a hogshead than a man
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
33200
492.
Exempli gratias teach not but compel
First Line:
Exempli gratias teach not but compel
Last Line:
Not Caesar's ito but his veni won
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
14647
493.
Experience is by industry achieved
First Line:
Experience is by industry achieved
Last Line:
And perfected by the swift course of time
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14654
494.
Experience now doth show what god us taught before
First Line:
Experience now doth show what god us taught before
Last Line:
Eschew the golden hall thy patched house is best
DMI number:
8895
495.
Experience wounded is the school
First Line:
Experience wounded is the school
Last Line:
Where man learns piercing wisdom out of smart
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
14655
496.
Expression is the dress of thought and still
First Line:
Expression is the dress of thought and still
Last Line:
Appears most decent as more suitable
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9493
497.
Extremes set off all actions thus
First Line:
Extremes set off all actions thus
Last Line:
Either too tame or else too tyrannous
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
14664
498.
Extremes though contrary have the like effects
First Line:
Extremes though contrary have the like effects
Last Line:
Tempts chastity as much as too much license
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14663
499.
Fed by a living spring a rill
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Fed by a living spring a rill
Last Line:
But you must borrow else rin dry
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15375
500.
Few men their friends to such excess adore
First Line:
Few men their friends to such excess adore
Last Line:
The skin is nearer though the shirt be near
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30381
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