The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity yet there is a still greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
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And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.Oliver Goldsmith
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The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow But crush'd or trodden to the ground, Diffuse their balmy sweets around.
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
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