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All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.