Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.

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.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

Stolen kisses are always sweeter.

Stolen kisses are always sweeter.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.