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 A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
 [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]  
 A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
 [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.] 
 Tongues I'll hang on every tree
 That shall civil sayings show. . . .  
 Tongues I'll hang on every tree
 That shall civil sayings show. . . . 
 Since word is thrall, and thought is free,
 Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.  
 Since word is thrall, and thought is free,
 Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee. 
 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of 
things in the sea, is tamed, read more 
 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of 
things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of 
deadly poison. 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot read more 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,
   But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey;
    Although his anatomical construction
     Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
      Your laboring people think beyond all question,
       Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion. 
 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 
an handful of meal read more 
 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 
an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: 
and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and 
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 
 Each man to his stool, with that spur as he would to the lip of 
his mistress. Your diet read more 
 Each man to his stool, with that spur as he would to the lip of 
his mistress. Your diet shall be in all places alike; make not a 
City feast of it, to let the meat cool ere we can agree upon the 
first place; sit, sit. The gods require our thanks. 
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
 He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my 
substance into that fat read more 
 He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my 
substance into that fat belly of his.