They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
WILLIAM COWPERTime, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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