I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
ALEXANDER POPEWomen use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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The laughers are a majority.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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