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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
