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And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
