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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy read more
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
