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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.