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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
