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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
