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In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
