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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
