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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
