He that once hitts, is ever bending.

He that once hitts, is ever bending.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.