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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.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
