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The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
