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Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.