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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
