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Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.