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I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.

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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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Curs’d be that wretch (Death’s factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river’s bank expecting stay
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I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
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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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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty’s handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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