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S. . Pay as you go is the philosopher's stone.
S. Augustine. . Let every one inquire of himself what he loveth, and he shall resolve himself of whence he is a citizen.
S. Bern. . Happy is that house and blessed is that congregation where Martha still complains of Mary.
S. Bern. . Joy, in a changeable subject, must necessarily change as the subject changeth.
S. Butler. . Drudgery and knowledge are of kin, / And both descended from one parent sin.
S. Butler. . Love is a boy by poets spoiled.
S. C. Hall. . Some men demand rough treatment everywhere.
S. Chrysostom. . It is no such heinous matter to fall afflicted, as, being down, to lie dejected.
S. Devon Proverb. . Red as a roost-cock.
S. Garth. . To die is landing on some silent shore, / Where
 
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Throwing : p. pr. & vb. n. of Throw; a. & n. from Throw, v.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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