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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of read more
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.