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Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the read more
Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
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?
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
