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Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.