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Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.