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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
