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Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
