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What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
