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He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.