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Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
