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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
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.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
