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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
