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1061.
Of all the virtues justice is the best
First Line:
Of all the virtues justice is the best
Last Line:
Valour without it is a common pest
DMI number:
9601
1062.
Of all trades I know
First Line:
Of all trades I know
Last Line:
Than in all that the muses can teach you
DMI number:
35325
1063.
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant
First Line:
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant
Last Line:
And of all tame a flatterer
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14758
1064.
Of virtue's rules vain man disputes
First Line:
Of virtue's rules vain man disputes
Last Line:
He will like thee a tartar catch
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12618
1065.
Of well chose words some take not care enough
First Line:
Of well chose words some take not care enough
Last Line:
And sharpest thoughts in smoothest words conveyed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
31544
1066.
Offspring of heaven the muses know
First Line:
Offspring of heaven the muses know
Last Line:
And snatched him to the skies
DMI number:
32335
1067.
Oft bend the bow and thou with ease shalt do
First Line:
Oft bend the bow and thou with ease shalt do
Last Line:
What others can't with all their strength put to
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
14386
1068.
Oft from new proofs and new phrase new doubts grow
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Oft from new proofs and new phrase new doubts grow
Last Line:
As strange attire aliens the men we know
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14550
1069.
Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares
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Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares
Last Line:
What you must suffer learn by what I bear
DMI number:
41876
1070.
Oft wisdom is to sloth too great a slave
First Line:
Oft wisdom is to sloth too great a slave
Last Line:
None are so busy as the fool and knave
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9563
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