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Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
