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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
