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What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
