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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.