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Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]