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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
