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A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.