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A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back.  
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back. 
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
 Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
 Robes and furred gowns hide all.  
 Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
 Robes and furred gowns hide all. 
 Whither goest thou?
 [Lat., Quo vadis?]  
 Whither goest thou?
 [Lat., Quo vadis?] 
 Like summer tempest came her tears:
 Sweet my child, I live for thee.  
 Like summer tempest came her tears:
 Sweet my child, I live for thee. 
 You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in 
it.  
 You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in 
it. 
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.