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That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
