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It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
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?
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
