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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.