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Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
