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One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
