Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
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Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air.John Milton
What thou art is mine Our state cannot be severd, we are one, One flesh to lose thee were to lose myself.
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Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
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Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.
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I will tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song, From old or modern bard, in hall or bower.
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Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
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