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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.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
