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No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
