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Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.