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Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.