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Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
