"You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little."

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“To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.”

“You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.”

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“The face that thou shalt smite in earnest is bound thereafter to be boneless.”

“The chap that endures hard knocks like a man enjoys a soft time later on.”

“Each man reaps on his own farm.”

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