The world is full of women, and the women full of wile; so that a man, if he … - Gelett Burgess

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The organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't. So I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. Some people won't understand, but I don't give an account to some people.

Gelett Burgess

The world is full of women, and the women full of wile; so that a man, if he goeth not warily withal, shall surely fall a prey thereunto.

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Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

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A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill; but the rest are easy.

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In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

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Tell not thy previous loves to a woman, lest she also telleth thee hers.

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Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.

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