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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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