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391. Custom in course of honour ever errs

First Line:
Custom in course of honour ever errs
Last Line:
And they are best whom fortune least prefers
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14378

392. Custom in ills that do affect the sense

First Line:
Custom in ills that do affect the sense
Last Line:
Advice doth seldom mend but makes them worse
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14384

393. Custom the world's great idol we adore

First Line:
Custom the world's great idol we adore
Last Line:
We live and learn but never the wiser grow
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
30276

394. Constant gamesters every day

First Line:
Constant gamesters every day
Last Line:
Reform or take the consequence
DMI number:
32023

395. Content thou only solace of the mind

First Line:
Content thou only solace of the mind
Last Line:
Unto her blessed abodes and left my sight
DMI number:
18115

396. Contented men no disappointment dread

First Line:
Contented men no disappointment dread
Last Line:
They find a cloud in their deluded arms
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30377

397. Convince the world that you're devout and true

First Line:
Convince the world that you're devout and true
Last Line:
A peer of the first magnitude to me
Author:
Juvenal (Absolute) & George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
30025

398. Corruption well may be generation's first

First Line:
Corruption well may be generation's first
Last Line:
We're bad by nature but by custom worst
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
14381

399. Could everyone that careless sits

First Line:
Could everyone that careless sits
Last Line:
To rule is less required than in a perfect willl
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14948

400. Could heavy groans or tears prevent

First Line:
Could heavy groans or tears prevent
Last Line:
Can fortune awe and destiny control
Author:
Samuel Phillips (Confident)
DMI number:
5873