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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
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.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
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.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.