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In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
