Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
(Bill And Joe)
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'T is the heart's current lends the cup its glow, Whate'er the fountain whence the draught may flow.
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People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.
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Talking is like playing on the harp there is as much inlaying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations As in twanging them to bring out their music.
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One unquestioned text we read, All doubt beyond, all fear above Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it God is love.
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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
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