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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
