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The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
