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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
