What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.