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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
