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Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
