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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
