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It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader’s ear to hear anything of praise from him.

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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
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In fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms.”
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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The liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Thus would I double my life’s fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.
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All this world’s noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
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The monster London laugh at me.
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Why to mute fish should’st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces, and yet so humble too as not to scorn the meanest country cottages.
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To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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