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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Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
