A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

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.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

Most men are bad.

Most men are bad.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.