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A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
