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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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Flower Scent Shower Walk
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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Happiness Live Possible
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself
One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Happiness Humor Life Share
It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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Act Enjoyment Humanity Oneself Pleasure Wrong
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Gold Silver Use
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Himself Lion Man Rule Strength
The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.
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Carry Force Goodness Greatness Influence Power Wisdom
Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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Enemy Goodness Mindset Oneself Thinking
The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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Bad Goodness Live Man Time
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Close Each Other Religion Sex
Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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Goodness Heart Kindness Men Nature Obligation Strong Word

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