"Burnt child fire dredth."

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“A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.”

“Though chaunge be no robbry.”

“Beaten with his owne rod.”

“Set the cart before the hors.”

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“Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.”

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"Child support should do just that – support children, not the federal government."

— Paul Ryan

Politics1970

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"This business of making people conscious of what is happening outside their own small circle is one of the major problems of our time, and a new literary technique will have to be evolved to meet it. …"

— George Orwell

performing arts1903–1950

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"Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast."

— Dutch Schultz

Law1901–1935

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"Her children knew she's sleeping with all these men. That just seems to me, it's the definition of "not a good mother." … Is everyone just saying here that it's okay to ostentatiously have premarital …"

— Ann Coulter

Literature1961

#family