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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.