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Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
