Sc. 1_. SHAKESPEARE.
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.
_Missionary Hymn_. BISHOP R. HEBER.
And he that does one fault at first,
And lies to hide it, makes it two.
_Divine Songs_. DR. I. WATTS.
Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.
_Henry IV., Pt. II. Act iv. Sc. 4_. SHAKESPEARE.
And out of good still to find means of evil.
_Paradise Lost, Bk. I_. MILTON.
But evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart!
_The Lady's Dream_. T. HOOD.
Timely advised, the coming evil shun:
Better not do the deed, than weep it done.
_Henry and Emma_. M. PRIOR.
SINCERITY.
Men should be what they seem;
Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
_Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3_. SHAKESPEARE.
O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
_Sonnet LIV_. SHAKESPEARE.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
_King Henry IV. Pt. I. Act iii. Sc. 1_. SHAKESPEARE.
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,
His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,
His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.
_Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act ii. Sc. 7_. SHAKESPEARE.
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