Man is the circled oak; woman the ivy.
AARON HILL
Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.
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Man is the circled oak; woman the ivy.
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Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.
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Let never man be bold enough to say, Thus, and no farther shall my passion stray: The first crime, past, compels us into more, And guilt grows fate, that was but choice, before.
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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
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The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.
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Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief’s beneath thy shade.
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Order, thou eye of action.
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Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.
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Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.
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Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another’s sorrow.
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Shun fear, it is the ague of the soul! a passion man created for himself–for sure that cramp of nature could not dwell in the warm realms of glory.
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There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood.
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Hide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature’s mark to know an honest heart by.
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Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.
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The man with but one idea in his head is sure to exaggerate that to top-heaviness, and thus he loses his equilibrium.
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Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them.
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