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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.