The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

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.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

The Rich knowes not who is his friend.

The Rich knowes not who is his friend.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.