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The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
