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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
