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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Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
