Tempt not a desperate man....

Tempt not a desperate man.

Know'st thou not any whom corr...

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

I never resist temptation, bec...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

Let a man be but in earnest in...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.

There is no vice so simple but...

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Who has a book of all that mon...

Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.

O, what a mansion have those v...

O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!

O villainy! Ho! let the door...

O villainy! Ho! let the door be lock'd.
Treachery! seek it out.

The learned pate
Ducks ...

The learned pate
Ducks to the golden fool. All's obliquy;
There's nothing level in our cursed natures
But direct villainy.

Villain and he be many miles a...

Villain and he be many miles asunder.

But then I sigh, and, with a p...

But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture,
Tell them that Gods bids us do good for evil:
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,
And seems a saint, when most I play the devil.

Are you drawn forth among a wo...

Are you drawn forth among a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
Where is the evidence that doth accuse me?
What lawful quest have given their verdict up
Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced
The bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death
Before I be convict by course of law?
To threaten me with death is most unlawful:
I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption

Two starving men cannot be twi...

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.

Can it be
That modesty ...

Can it be
That modesty may more betray our sense
Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,
Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary
And pitch our evils there?

I met the youthful lord at Lau...

I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell
And gave him what becomed love I might,
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.

O, take the sense, sweet, of m...

O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence
Love takes the meaning in love's conference.

Hence, bashful cunning,
...

Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!

We were as twinned lambs that ...

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did.

But thus: if powers divine

But thus: if powers divine
Behold our human actions, as they do,
I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush and tyranny
Tremble at patience.

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My desolation does begin to ma...

My desolation does begin to make
A better life.