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One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
