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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
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.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
