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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
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.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
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.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
