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For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
