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The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
