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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
