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To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
