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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
