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Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
