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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
