“Tear-filled eyes make sweet lips.”
Bk. 5, st. 272, line 12; p. 143.
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Weindiu ougn hânt süezen munt.
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XXIV. Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 801-03.
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