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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
The eyes have one language every where.
The eyes have one language every where.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
