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Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.