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S. . Pay as you go is the philosopher's stone.
S. Augustine. . Let every one inquire of himself what he loveth, and he shall resolve himself of whence he is a citizen.
S. Bern. . Happy is that house and blessed is that congregation where Martha still complains of Mary.
S. Bern. . Joy, in a changeable subject, must necessarily change as the subject changeth.
S. Butler. . Drudgery and knowledge are of kin, / And both descended from one parent sin.
S. Butler. . Love is a boy by poets spoiled.
S. C. Hall. . Some men demand rough treatment everywhere.
S. Chrysostom. . It is no such heinous matter to fall afflicted, as, being down, to lie dejected.
S. Devon Proverb. . Red as a roost-cock.
S. Garth. . To die is landing on some silent shore, / Where
 
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Confectioners' sugar : A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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