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A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
