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The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
