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It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
