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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?