Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
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Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.