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It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
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.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
