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Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
