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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.

Alexander Pope

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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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Character Fame Goodness Life Positive
The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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God People Voice
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Nature Strange Thinking Vice
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Death Deep Pace Philosophy Race Silence Wings
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Ability Generousity Man Wisdom
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
What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Character Failure Goodness Humor Power Trust
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Education Knowledge Learning
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Deep Peace War
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Beautiful Improvement Nature
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
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
Expression is the dress of thought.
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Expression One Liner Thinking

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