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Quote by Alexander Pope
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like on

One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. – Alexander Pope

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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her. – Alexander Pope

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The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it. – Walter Bagehot

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? – George Carlin

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Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed while the curtains of the next are brushed by the shadows of the dance. A wedding party returns from the church; and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and – Robert Eldridge Willmott

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Where there is much light, the shadow is deep. – Johann von Goethe

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