In Men, we various Ruling Passions find;
In Women, two almost divide the kind;
Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey,
The Love of Pleasure, and the Love of Sway.
(Epistle II: To A Lady (of The Characters Of Women))
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Let Blood and Body bear the fault,Her Head's untouch'd, that noble Seat of Thought:
Such this day's doctrine--in another fit
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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
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Unlearn'd, he knew no schoolman's subtle art, No language, but the language of the heart.
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Years following years steal something every day At last they steal us from ourselves away.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.
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But honest instinct comes a volunteer Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
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