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Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.