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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
