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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
