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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.