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Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.