"Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small."

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"And is there care in Heaven? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these Creatures bace?"

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"A bold bad man."

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"Behold, whiles she before the altar stands, Hearing the holy priest that to her speakes, And blesseth her with his two happy hands."

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"Through thick and thin, both over bank and bush, In hope her to attain by hook or crook."

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"O happy earth, Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!"

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"That darksome cave they enter, where they find That cursed man, low sitting on the ground, Musing full sadly in his sullein mind."

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"Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke."

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"That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high."

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"In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd; With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise."

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"And keeps the palace of the soul."

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"The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new."

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"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."

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"Could we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above."

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"The yielding marble of her snowy breast."

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"For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love."

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"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."

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"Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be."

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

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"Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse."

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"How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!"

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"When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea."

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"Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,--"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost.""

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"The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,--the Rupert of debate!"

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"Take away the sword; States can be saved without it."

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"The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan."

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"Alone!--that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!"

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"In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As "fail.""

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"Buy my flowers,--oh buy, I pray! The blind girl comes from afar."

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"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword."

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"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more: They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I have; they pine, I live."

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"My mind to me a kingdom is; Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind: Though much I want which most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave."

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"You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest, Where man can boast that he has trod On him that was "the scourge of God.""

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"When I am dead, no pageant train Shall waste their sorrows at my bier, Nor worthless pomp of homage vain Stain it with hypocritic tear."

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"To look up and not down, To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand."

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"Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave."

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"On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure."

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"I saw and loved."

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"The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators."

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"Amiable weaknesses of human nature."

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"I was never less alone than when by myself."

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"Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive."

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"In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."

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"Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery."

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"All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance."

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"The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind."

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"He [Hampden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief."

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"Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth."

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"'T is now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."

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"The maid who modestly conceals Her beauties, while she hides, reveals; Give but a glimpse, and fancy draws Whate'er the Grecian Venus was."

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