"A verse may find him, who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice."
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"O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde; And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!"
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"Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see."
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"Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing."
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"Could have recovered greenness?"
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"After so many deaths I live and write."
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"Nothing wears clothes, but Man; nothing doth need But he to wear them."
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"God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage."
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"Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest."
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"Great business turns on a little pin."
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"The wind in ones face makes one wise."
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"Honor and profit lie not all in one sack."
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"A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well."
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"No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by."
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"When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven."
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"True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence."
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"All are presumed good till they are found at fault."
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"Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good."
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"Good workmen are seldom rich."
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"He that makes a good war makes a good peace."
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