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Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
