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It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.
In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
