The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed in man's heart, 'Tis falsely printed, though divinely penned, And all the errata will appear at the end.
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Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny Plato, a privilege of nature Theophrastus, a silent cheat Theocritus, a delightful prejudice Carneades, a solitary kingdom Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the w.
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Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us
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Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.
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What money creates, money preserves if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give, and frowns can take and not worth the owning which a night's fire can melt, or a rough sea can drown
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