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Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
