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E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.