How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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Search results for Classical period (circa 470-399 BCE)
354 allegories found
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
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I must be cruel only to be kind; thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
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Journeys end in lovers meeting.
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It is a wise father that knows his own child.
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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
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