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Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.