So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
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My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
