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Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
