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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.