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What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
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?
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
