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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
