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Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
