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 As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
 A woman piqued who has her will.  
 As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
 A woman piqued who has her will. 
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
 Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
 The foul cubs like their parents are.  
 Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
 The foul cubs like their parents are. 
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake.  
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake. 
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
 Familiarity breeds contempt.
 [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]  
 Familiarity breeds contempt.
 [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]