But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]

Anothers bread costs deare.

Anothers bread costs deare.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.