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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
