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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.