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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
