The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
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Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.Robert Burton
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Felix Plater notes of some young physicians, that study to cure diseases, catch them themselves, will be sick, and appropriate all symptoms they find related of others to their own persons.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.
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The commonwealth of Venice in their armoury have this inscription 'Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war.'
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A mere scholar, a mere ass.
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