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Truth needs not flowers of speech.

Alexander Pope

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Comfortable Employment Growth Live Old Young
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Greatness Man Person World
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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Hide Inspirational Oneself Ourselves Rise Thinking
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Art Genius Heart Soul Wake Up
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Forget Men Wisdom
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Character Fame Goodness Life Positive
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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Advice Deep Wisdom
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst
A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Age Fools One Liner Patriot
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Air Walk Wings
Passions are the gales of life.
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Life One Liner Passion
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Fear Fools One Liner Rush Wisdom
It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Best Character Deep Injury People
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Best Feeling Himself

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