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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
