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A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
