Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
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Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.

Debters are lyers.

Debters are lyers.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.