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Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
