And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

A naughty child is better sick then whole.

A naughty child is better sick then whole.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.