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Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
