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Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your read more
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she read more
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
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Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight
Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is
She you seek!
