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Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.