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"Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,-- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied."
The Lady's Resolve.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last."
The Lover.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet."
A Summary of Lord Lyttelton's Advice.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen."
To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Book ii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me."
The Answer.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain