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Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

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The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

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Most souls, 'tis true, but peep out once an age, Dull sullen pris'ners in the body's cage:...

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Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.

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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame

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The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

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Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings....

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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.

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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

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Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; dies before thy uncreating word: thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; and universal darkness buries all.

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Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies.

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At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

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Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

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