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Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
