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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
