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Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
