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He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
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?
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.