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Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
