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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
