Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation Title and profit I resign The pot of honour shall be mine.
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Tis a gross error, held in schools, That Fortune always favours fools.John Gay
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Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother whore and rogue they call husband and wife All professions be-rogue one another.
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Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.
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Corruption's not for modern date It hath been tried in ev'ry state
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Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married.
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