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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
