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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
