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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
