How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
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How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
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