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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of read more
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
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!
