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'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
