Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

All is not gold that glisters.

All is not gold that glisters.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.

She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.

She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more

Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.