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There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.