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No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
