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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.