"With all its beauteous honours on its head."

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"He serves me most who serves his country best."

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"But touch me, and no minister so sore; Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song."

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"By foreign hands thy dying eyes were clos'd, By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd, By strangers honoured, and by strangers mourn'd!"

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"Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die?"

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"If yet not lost to all the sense of shame."

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"The first in banquets, but the last in fight."

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"For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest."

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"And proud his mistress' order to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm."

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"Patroclus, lov'd of all my martial train, Beyond mankind, beyond myself, is slain!"

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"There, take (says Justice), take ye each a shell: We thrive at Westminster on fools like you; 'T was a fat oyster,--live in peace,--adieu."

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"Stuff the head With all such reading as was never read: For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it."

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"A mighty hunter, and his prey was man."

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"The distant Trojans never injur'd me."

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"Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie."

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"Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below."

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"Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd."

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"While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep."

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"You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; Knock as you please, there 's nobody at home."

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"Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place."

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"A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause?"

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"'T is man's to fight, but Heaven's to give success."

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"Thick as autumnal leaves or driving sand."

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"There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl, The feast of reason and the flow of soul."

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"It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. 'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes."

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"The glory of a firm, capacious mind."

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"Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace."

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"Andromache! my soul's far better part."

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"Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod,-- The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god."

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"Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood,-- The source of evil one, and one of good."

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"Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise."

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"Silence, ye wolves! while Ralph to Cynthia howls, And makes night hideous;--answer him, ye owls!"

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"'T is true, 't is certain; man though dead retains Part of himself: the immortal mind remains."

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"Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky."

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"So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others' good, or melt at others' woe."

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"Such were the notes thy once lov'd poet sung, Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue."

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"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."

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"Forever honour'd, and forever mourn'd."

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"All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame."

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"Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid."

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"Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty."

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"The glorious fault of angels and of gods."

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"Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir'd."

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"There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit."

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"Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind."

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"How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail."

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"And love the offender, yet detest the offence."

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"A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows."

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"Who dared to love their country, and be poor."

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"Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell."

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