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Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
