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An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
