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To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
