Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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Helen, whose spirit was of softer mould,Whose sufferings too were less, death slowlier led
Into the peace of his dominion cold.
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Yet every heart contains perfection's germ.
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Of George III An old, mad, blind, despised and dying king.
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I love tranquil solitude,
And such society
As is quiet, wise, and good: -
Between thee and me
What diff'rence?
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A lovely lady, garmented in light From her own beauty.
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Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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