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That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more
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.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.