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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
