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Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
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.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
