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With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
