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[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
