A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.Oliver Goldsmith
In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
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As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.
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The life of man is a journey a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommodation.
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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.
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The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
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