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I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.