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mightier

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the PEN is mightier than the sword
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mighty

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a REED before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall
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a MISS is as good as a mile
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why buy a COW when milk is so cheap?
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it is no use CRYING over spilt milk
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The MILL cannot grind with the water that is past

1616
Adages
151
The water that is past, cannot make the mill goe.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 153
The mill cannot grind with the water that's past.
1856
Poems
197
Oh seize the instant [present] time; you never will With waters once passed by impel the mill.
1980
Red Kill
xiv.
It did no good to think back. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past, as the old people in the mountains used to say.