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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.