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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
