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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
