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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
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.
