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Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
