Integrity is praised and starves.

Integrity is praised and starves.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.

Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.

If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.

If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.

Every picture tells a story.

Every picture tells a story.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.