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Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
