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A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
