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He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
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?
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
