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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
