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The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
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Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
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.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
