It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write
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In hell there is no retention.
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I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
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If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine Every man for himself and God for us all.
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Every one is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.
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