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A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
