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The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
