Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee that stings.
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The Sarcastic Fair.William Dean Howells
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The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
George Herbert
Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.
Thomas (writer) Fuller
I am the king! I am the king! I am the king!
One dead marine through the hatch,
Scratch and scrape this heavenly body,
Every inch of winning skin,
Honey Honey Honey Honey Honey, come and kiss me-e-e-e-e-e!Nick Cave
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah
The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings.
Grasp it firmly, it stings not.Robert Bulwer-Lytton
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