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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
