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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
