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Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.