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United yet divided, twain at once: So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne. (William Cowper)
Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man, That Chatham's language was his mother tongue. View quote
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I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. View quote
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Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. View quote
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Deem our nation brutes no longer, Till some reason ye shall find Worthier of regard and stronger Than the colour of our kind. View quote
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But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd. View quote
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Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway. View quote
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Such the bard's prophetic words, Pregnant with celestial fire, Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre. View quote
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O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. View quote
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From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up. View quote
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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. (William Cowper)
The beggarly last doit. View quote
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Grief is itself a med'cine. View quote
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Perhaps thou gavst me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. View quote
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing. View quote
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To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach. View quote
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. View quote
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. View quote
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. View quote
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Skins may differ, but affectionDwells in white and black the same. View quote
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too. (William Cowper)
Still ending, and beginning still. View quote
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum. View quote
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The proud are always most provoked by pride. View quote
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, 'Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.' View quote
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