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one deceit is not greater

For if one thing that is true is not more true than another thing that is true, neither is one thing that is false more false than another thing that is false; so too, one deceit is not greater than another, nor one sin than another.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

only direction I need give

That is the only direction I need give for the present.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

out Did I not give

But as the officers were hauling him off, Æsop cried out, "Did I not give a proper reply?
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

or doating Its nee grunstan

says Dick—wey, ye slavering cull, Wi' water maw belly and pockets are full; By the gowkey, aw'll sweer that ye're drunk, daft, or doating— Its nee grunstan at a', but sum awd iron floating.
— from The Newcastle Song Book; or, Tyne-Side Songster Being a Collection of Comic and Satirical Songs, Descriptive of Eccentric Characters, and the Manners and Customs of a Portion of the Labouring Population of Newcastle and the Neighbourhood by Various

often do is not good

To act as you always wish, and often do, is not good, but weak.
— from The Regent's Daughter by Alexandre Dumas

of dancing is not good

A lame man's opinion of dancing is not good for much.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

or design in NOVA GUINEA

The instructions are prefaced with a recital, in chronological order, of the previous discoveries of the Dutch, whether made from accident or design, in NOVA GUINEA, and the Great SOUTH LAND; and from this account, combined with a passage from Saris,* it appears, that-- THE DUYFHEN.
— from A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner by Matthew Flinders

ole days is now gone

"But, honey, de good ole days is now gone foreber.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

of diathesis is now giving

Bacteriology, which first took away the idea of diathesis, is now giving it back.
— from The Treatment of Hay Fever by rosin-weed, ichthyol and faradic electricity With a discussion of the old theory of gout and the new theory of anaphylaxis by George Frederick Laidlaw

or did I not grow

“Well, there’s no question about that,” retorted the late Premier beamingly; “the question is, did I, or did I not, grow good cabbages?”
— from On the Wallaby Through Victoria by Elinor Mordaunt

own drawing is not greatly

A gray-headed miscreant, called 'Cutler Tom,' boasts of five hundred such exploits; and there is too great reason to believe that the picture of his own drawing is not greatly overcharged."
— from The White Slaves of England by John C. Cobden

of death is not given

Frequently the last stroke of death is not given by that ailment that has been threatening through life.
— from The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Richard Clynton

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