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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.