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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
