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Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
