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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Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
