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It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
