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Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
