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Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
That famish'd people must be slowly nurst,
And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
That famish'd people must be slowly nurst,
And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.