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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
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Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
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!
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.