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Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
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A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
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.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
