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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
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It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
