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One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
