Just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined.
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She speaks, behaves, and acts just as she ought;
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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
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Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
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