A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
WILLIAM COWPERA fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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