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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
