Who breathes must suffer and who thinks must mourn And he alone is blessed who ne'er was born.
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No, no, for my virginity, When I lose that, says Rose, I'll die Behind the elms last night, cried Dick, Rose, were you not extremely sick.Matthew Prior
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They talk most who have the least to say.
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And, dearest child, along the day,
In every thing you do and say,
Obey and please my lord and lady,
So God shall love and angels aid ye.
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Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
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Madness, we fancy, gave an ill-timed birth To a grinning laughter and to frantic mirth.
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