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Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
