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All men see the same objects, but do not equally understand them. Intelligence is the tongue that discerns and tastes...
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis...
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One...
The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think...
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of...
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
Those who know the least obey the best.
Source: In
Observe this, that tho' a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if...
Says little, thinks less, and does - nothing at all, faith.
Source: The Beaux'...
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
Source: Scrub, in The...
Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.
Source:...
Little do such men know the toil, the pains,
The daily, nightly racking of the brains,
To range the thoughts,...
Adepts in the speaking trade
Keep a cough by them ready made.
Source: The Ghost,...
The danger chiefly lies in acting well,
No crime's so great as daring to excel.
Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone;
Where he succeeds, the merit's all his...
I must mention again it was gorgeous weather,
Rhymes are so scarce in this world of...
I cannot sing the old songs now!
It is not that I deem them low;
'Tis that I can't remember how
They...
And this song is considered a perfect gem,
And as to the meaning, it's what you please.
Jones - (who, I'm glad to say,
Asked leave of Mrs. J. - )
Daily absorbs a clay
After his...
Yet it is better to drop thy friends,
O my daughter, than to drop thy 'H's'.