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He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.