The tree is known by his fruit.

The tree is known by his fruit.

I sit within a helmless bark.

I sit within a helmless bark.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.