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When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
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.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
