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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Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
