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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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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.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
