An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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The prince who kept the world in awe, the judge whose dictate fixed the law The rich, the poor, the great, the small, are leveled death confounds 'em all.John Gay
If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
John Gay
What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.
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I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame.
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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
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'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined.
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