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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
