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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
