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.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?