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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
