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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
