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What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.