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A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
