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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
