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Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.