Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts noblyangels could no more.
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Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, 'that my heart has bled.'
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Can wealth give happiness Look round and see What gay distress what splendid misery Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, The mind annihilates, and calls for more.
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Man's rich with little, were his judgment true Nature is frugal, and her wants are few These few wants answered bring sincere delights But fools create themselves new appetites.
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To know the world, not love her, is thy point She gives but little, nor that little, long.
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