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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
