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What will a child learn sooner than a song?

Alexander Pope

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
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Country Daring Love Poor
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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Acceptance Forget Love Mindset Remember Sunshine
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education Learning Mindset Motivational Strength
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
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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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
Passions are the gales of life.
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Life One Liner Passion
He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Best Brother God Himself Service
What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
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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Enemy Friendship Judgement Work Yourself
The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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God People Voice
A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Age Fools One Liner Patriot
Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Cheating Devil Men One Liner Religious
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
There is a majesty in simplicity.
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One Liner Simplicity

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