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OLD SONG St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France. Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
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I'd just as soon a beggar as king, And the reason I'll tell you for why; A king cannot swagger...
OLD SONG This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;...
OLD SONG There's a skin without and a skin within, A covering skin and a lining skin, But the skin with...
OLD SONG When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on, He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one. "With t...
OLD SONG Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit q...
OLD SONG The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not qu...
OLD SONG In good King Charles's golden days When royalty no harm meant, A zealous high-churchman was I,...
OLD SONG Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain, Queen Anne commands and we'...
OLD SONG When this old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred years.
OLD SONG Old Rose is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more; He used to wear an old blue ...
OLD SONG As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested in adversity.
OLD SONG Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit us when our wealth is gone.
OLD SONG An injury may prove a blessing.
OLD SONG Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
OLD SONG A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
OLD SONG A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
OLD SONG A credulous thing is love.
OLD SONG A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
OLD SONG A bitter drug oft brings relief.
OLD SONG Old soldiers never die; They fade away!
OLD SONG St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France. Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
OLD SONG A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
OLD SONG Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found.
OLD SONG What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.
OLD EPITAPH When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.
OLD RHYME If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day.
OLD RHYME A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning; But a rainbow at night Is the Shephe...
OLD RHYME It is the silence between the notes that makes the music; it is the space between the bars that hol...
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OLD SAYING A leap year Is never a good sheep year.
OLD SAYING There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us.
OLD SAYING Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
OLD TESTAMENT As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have.
OLD SAYING Fostering mother. [Lat., Alma mater.]
OLD SAYING Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things for us and ours. And when we and ours ...
OLD SAYING Here's a health to all those that we love, Here's a health to all those that love us, Here's a...
OLD SAYING A wicked book cannot repent.
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INUIT SONG To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or fri...
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JAE SONG Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
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AREE SONG I didn't even really want to go for it, but my caddie convinced me.
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AREE SONG We must be focussed and vigilant as regards him, but there are many others in the Ivory Coast team t...
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RIGOBERT SONG This period is both a golden one for development, but also one of pronounced conflicts.
OUYANG SONG Essentially, the waves that traveled through the area outside the inner core?the crust, the mantle, ...
XIAODONG SONG We are negotiating how to expedite the process toward dismantlement,
SONG MIN What we see right now is a snapshot of a long time process between the magnetic field and the inner ...
XIAODONG SONG This way the scent sample can maintain its freshness for at least three years.
SONG ZHENHUA We need to find more advanced skills as this storage technique can only keep the scents identifiable...
SONG ZHENHUA We have opened the window of opportunity for the DPRK to have a light-water reactor in the future,
SONG MIN Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. We believe we have that proof.
XIAODONG SONG We're talking about 50,000 times that of plate tectonic motion.
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JAE SONG We are expecting it to come soon, but how soon, we don't know that will depend on the regulator.
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HUNG SONG I'd like to have any sort of Mexican or Italian food any time of the day!
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SONG MIN If each party can be a little more flexible in its position, there will be good results, but if they...
SONG MIN Tea culture has a long history in China and is an inseparable part of China's traditional culture.
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WU SONG Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.
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OLD ENGLISH SAYING The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB One’s own shit doesn’t smell
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OLD IRISH TOAST Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am; But as good as you are, a...
OLD SCOTCH SAYING May your glass be ever full May the roof over your head be always strong, And may you be in he...
OLD IRISH SAYING May all your labors be in vein.
OLD ENGLISH SAYING He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
OLD ENGLISH RHYME Here's to a long life, and a merry one; a quick death, and an easy one; a pretty girl, and an honest...
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OLD CHINESE PROVERB A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody.
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OLD IRISH TOAST In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in
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BO BAE SONG Both of us played really well today.
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ERICA SEHYUN SONG I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: ...
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ERICA SEHYUN SONG I opened my eyes and watched the water stream past me. I let out some of my air and gazed at the cas...
ERICA SEHYUN SONG He is only fifteen! Does she really think he is prepared for marriage, especially with his intellect...
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ERICA SEHYUN SONG I took my friend’s hand as she helped me up. With our hands still linked and our flower crowns tan...
ERICA SEHYUN SONG When the Sun comes up a Lion awakens he knows that he must outrun the slowest Gazelle or he will sta...
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