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Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
