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Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it blast thee; nor too long, lest it blind thee; nor too near lest it burn thee. If thou like it, it deceives thee; if thou love it, it disturbs thee; if thou hunt after it, it destroys thee. If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the fool's purgatory. It is the wise man's bonfire, and the fool's furnace.

(Quarles.)

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KJV: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

WEB: To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;