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'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.