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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
