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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.

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
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Death Joy Live Pain Yourself
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Honesty Lie Lying Motivation Protection Worst
In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Oneself Romantic World
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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God Life Nature Oneself Soul
Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Cheating Devil Men One Liner Religious
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
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Air Walk Wings
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Force Greatness Himself Invention Lying Oneeslf
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Fear Fools One Liner Rush Wisdom
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
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Knowledge Leaving Word Writing
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Best Feeling Himself
There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety

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