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?
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If music be the food of love, play on.
If music be the food of love, play on.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
