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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
