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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.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
