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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
