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You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.