It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
Francis Beaumont
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Francis Beaumont quotes
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
Kiss till the cow comes home.
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
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