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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Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
