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Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
