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The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
