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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden's hold,--a thing soon done, for nature framed all women to be won.
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Then amongst flowers and springs,
Making delightful sport,
Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
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Not for no cold did freeze,
Nor any cloud beguile
Th'eternal flowering spring
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