Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.Samuel Johnson
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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