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A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
