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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.