Appetite like a farmhand at hay time.

Appetite like a farmhand at hay time.

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Wild goose chase

Wild goose chase

- William Shakespeare

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Jaw like a nutcracker.

Jaw like a nutcracker.

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Peace flowed through the land like a river.

Peace flowed through the land like a river.

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Like fire and water our passions are good servants but poor masters.

Like fire and water our passions are good servants but poor masters.

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Loud as the voice of an auctioneer.

Loud as the voice of an auctioneer.

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Sure as God made little fishes.

Sure as God made little fishes.

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But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

- Shakespeare

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Blushed like a black dog.

Blushed like a black dog.

- William Shakespeare

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His words cut deeper than a knife.

His words cut deeper than a knife.

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