For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Welcome, thou kind deceiver Thou best of thieves who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great minds great bribe.
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