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Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
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.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
