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Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun, Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassa...
Like the strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Apothegms, No, 54...
Like the time I ran away... And turned around and you were standing close to me.
-- YES (Going For The One/Awaken)...
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
-- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Lodgings for Single Gentleme...
Like watermen, who look astern while they row the boat ahead.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Whether 't was rightfully said, Live Concealed...
LIKE: When being alive at the same time is a wonderful coincidence.
Like will to like. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
Like winter snow on summer lawn, time past is time gone.

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