The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
ROBERT BURNSHow wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Life is but a day at most.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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