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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.

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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Ever Haughtiness Most Pride Proud Provoked
There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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