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All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
