There is no evil without its compensation.

There is no evil without its compensation.

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

The House shewes the owner.

The House shewes the owner.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.