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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
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.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
