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As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
He that studies his content, wants it.
He that studies his content, wants it.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
