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Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.