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Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
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?
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
