Maxioms by Ben Jonson
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Nature herself was proud of his designs,
And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
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Nature herself was proud of his designs,
And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,
As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
